Relation between spin–orbit induced spin polarization, Fano-effect and circular dichroism in soft x-ray photoemission

A Feynman diagram analysis of photoemission probabilities suggests a relation between two final-state spin polarization effects, the optical spin-orientation originating from the interaction with circularly polarized light ([Formula: see text], Fano effect) and the spin polarization induced by the spin-orbit scattering ([Formula: see text], Mott effect). The analysis predicts that [Formula: see text] is proportional to the product of [Formula: see text] and the circular dichroism in the angular distribution (CDAD) of photoelectrons. To confirm this prediction, the spin polarization of photoelectrons excited by soft x-ray radiation from initial spin-degenerate bulk states of tungsten using t…